David Hockney Painter/ photographer/ printmaker/ drawer/ stage designer/ Draftsman cold war/bachardy-don/bachardy.html

Short Bio… I promise born in 1937 born in 1937 student in the Royal College of Art student in the Royal College of Art achieved international success by the time he was in his mid-20s achieved international success by the time he was in his mid-20s His early paintings, often almost jokey in mood, gained him a reputation of leading Pop artist, although he himself rejected the label His early paintings, often almost jokey in mood, gained him a reputation of leading Pop artist, although he himself rejected the label By 1961 he had done his first Tea Paintings and Love Paintings, painted compositions consisting of consumer goods images and psychograms. More than any others, these pictures showed his proximity to Pop Art. By 1961 he had done his first Tea Paintings and Love Paintings, painted compositions consisting of consumer goods images and psychograms. More than any others, these pictures showed his proximity to Pop Art. He Taught at University of Iowa, University of Colorado, and the University of California, Berkeley He Taught at University of Iowa, University of Colorado, and the University of California, Berkeley He’s had numerous exhibitions around the world He’s had numerous exhibitions around the world In the 1980s he has experimented much with photography, creating what are called joiners In the 1980s he has experimented much with photography, creating what are called joiners Pop Art: David Hockney

Hockney, David, The Fourth Love Painting, 1961, Bild, unbekannt, Sammlung Tyler Moore, Mary & Levine, S. Robert

The Second Tea Painting 1961 Oil on canvas 61 x 36 in (155 x 91 cm) Private collection

Man Taking Shower in Beverly Hills 1964 Acrylic on canvas 65 1/2 x 65 1/2 in. (167 x 167 cm) Tate Gallery, London

Portrait of Nick Wilder 1966 Acrylic on canvas 72 x 72 in. (183 x 183 cm) Private collection

A Bigger Splash 1967 Acrylic on canvas 96 x 96 in (243.8 x cm) Tate Gallery, London

A Lawn Being Sprinkled 1967 Acrylic on canvas 96 x 96 in. (153 x 153 cm) Collection of Lyn and Norman Lear

Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) 1971 Acrylic on canvas 84 x 120 in. (214 x cm) Collection David Geffen

Nichols Canyon 1980 Acrylic on canvas 84 x 60 in. (213.3 x cm) Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Hedreen

Kasmin Los Angeles 28th March Composite Polaroid 41 3/4 x 29 3/4 in (106 x 75.6 cm) Collection David Hockney

My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 82 # Photographic collage 47 1/2 x 27 1/2 in (120.7 x 69.9 cm) Collection David Hockney

Place Furstenberg, Paris, August 7,8,9, 1985 # Photographic collage 35 x 31 1/2 in. (88.9 x 80 cm) Collection of the artist

Pearblossom Highway, 11-18th April 1986 # Photographic collage 78 x 111 in. (198 x 282 cm) Collection the artist

I thought this was just a funny photo.

In 1999 he published a book the “Secret Knowledge”, that tells how the great masters of the past, such as Caravaggio, Velázquez, van Eyck, Holbein, Leonardo and Ingres, got the ultra-lifelike details in their painting using optical devises such as the Camera Obscura and Lucidia